A crash on U.S. 258 today sent six people to the hospital, including one five-year-old who is in critical condition, according to authorities.

At around 1:36 p.m., North Carolina State Highway Patrol troopers responded to a crash on U.S. 258 near Yopp Road.

Jessica Demchak, 30, of Jacksonville, was driving a 2001 Dodge Minivan east on U.S. 258 when her vehicle drifted into the center turn lane and then into oncoming traffic, Trooper Matt Bryan said.

Her van hit a 1993 Ford work van driven by Jeffery Wooten, 56, of Maple Hill. Bryan said the vehicles hit front right to front right because Demchak’s van had drifted so far over into the oncoming lane. Wooten tried to move his van left to avoid the minivan.

Demchak’s van spun around in the road, striking a Honda Civic that was headed west on U.S. 258 in the outside travel lane. No one was hurt in that vehicle.

Demchak, along with her three children, were airlifted to Vidant Medical Center in Greenville from Onslow Memorial Hospital. She and two of her children had non-life-threatening injuries, Bryan said. Her five-year-old son was in critical condition.

Wooten was transported to Onslow Memorial Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. His front right passenger, Don Holmes, 56, of Maple Hill, was also transported to Onslow Memorial.

Bryan said that speed was not a factor in the crash. “As far as evidence on the roadway, Demchak was left of center.”

The trooper said there will be citations issued, but they have not been issued at this time.